If you’re tired of hearing about “gaming the news” but still don’t know why it’s important to your newsroom, much less how to do it well, let us inspire you with success stories from some of the leaders in game production and motivate you with data on the next generation of news consumers.
One of the problems I see w games made 4 journalism or education purposes is that it’s heavy on content, lite on gaming #ona12games #jgames https://twitter.com/bayreporta/status/249572980353552384
The link for the video game resources: http://po.st/TMF0kA/ #ona12games Will make a new one for journos! https://twitter.com/LatoyaPeterson/status/249572922312781824
Dennis Bonilla: If you want to be knowledgable about games, you have to do your reserach, you have to *play* games #ona12 #ona12games https://twitter.com/kimfox/status/249572706062831616
Latota Peterson: ‘Beyond Barbie and World Combat’ textbook discusses how women are left out of gaming, tech, & STEM careers. #onagames#ona12 https://twitter.com/EllenAustin/status/249572376780632064
Here is a list of games that either have journalism or real world metrics as a foundation of the game http://www.bayreporta.com/2012/08/13/journalism-and-gaming-a-growing-list-of-projects/ … #ona12games https://twitter.com/bayreporta/status/249572178247442432
Great resources from Latoya Peterson on games, gaming on her site: http://bit.ly/TiiqLW #ona12 #ona12games https://twitter.com/digitalamysw/status/249572069208104960
If you want to be a good writer, read everything. If you want to know what a good gaming experience is, play games #ONA12 #ona12games https://twitter.com/Stephist/status/249571688394678272
.@dennisbonilla says company let staffers play video games for 2hrs in Fridays to find what makes games good, bad, sharable #ona12games https://twitter.com/cantcacheme/status/249571362048454658
“You need good content no matter what,” even if you have a point system or some other game on your site. #truth #ONA12 #ONA12games https://twitter.com/BrianManzullo/status/249571340644933632
Panel talks about ex. of gamification in news: feedly, reddit etc. I’m excited that we’re going to add @mynewsana into that mix! #ona12games https://twitter.com/kimfox/status/249570837722710017
.@protodeep uses @feedly for news consumption says it “feels like a game.” Word. I love using @feedly. #ONA12 #ONA12games https://twitter.com/BrianManzullo/status/249570726154211328
@unity3d getting lots of praise at #ona12games — uses in high school journalism? https://twitter.com/pkandy/status/249570361920868352
News games need to have replay-ability. Key part to game design. #ona12 #ona12games https://twitter.com/digitalamysw/status/249569807341596672
Wow, gaming in news session isn’t well-attended but some of the most interesting content of #ona12 thus far #ONA12games https://twitter.com/kimfox/status/249569651586129920
Barrett Fox & Dennis Bonilla: get away from news games that focus on wins/losses, get away from using points/ badges. #ona12 #ona12games
— amy schmitz weiss (@digitalamysw) September 22, 2012
i like this concept:” providing a path for data so it is useful for people” #ONA12 #ONA12games
— Sandeep Junnarkar (@sandeep_NYC) September 22, 2012
.@protodeep says you can get game system done by good devas a resuable platform to make different games #ona12games
— Stefania Ferro (@cantcacheme) September 22, 2012
Check out @mktplaceradio‘s Budget Hero here: bit.ly/udE9Wc #ONA12games #ona12
— Catherine Cloutier (@cmcloutier) September 22, 2012
Great question: How can news orgs with small budgets use games? Can do smaller games, use same resources to build others. #ONA12games #ONA12
— Brian J. Manzullo (@BrianManzullo) September 22, 2012
dose of reality: complex games can take a year to develop! important issue for small newsroom with scarce resources #ONA12 #ONA12games
— Sandeep Junnarkar (@sandeep_NYC) September 22, 2012
“You can use games to reach new audiences.” APM has gotten more Conservatives, young people and people making under $50k. #ONA12games
— Catherine Cloutier (@cmcloutier) September 22, 2012
Hop on a asteroid, fly w/spacecraft & watch planets moving, 1950-2050, scrub, pause, explore. eyes.NASA.gov #ONA12 #ona12games
— Stephanie L. Smith (@Stephist) September 22, 2012
news is about revelation–so think about what the game will reveal #ONA12 #ONA12games
— Sandeep Junnarkar (@sandeep_NYC) September 22, 2012
“Games don’t have to just be a way to engage your audience; they can be a way to deliver journalism.” #ona12games #ona12
— Catherine Cloutier (@cmcloutier) September 22, 2012
Bonilla explains crowd sourcing data about dying bees as example of unique opportunities, data sharing, audience interaction #onagames#ona12
— Ellen Austin (@EllenAustin) September 22, 2012
Want to check out Zooniverse? Here’s the website: https://www.zooniverse.org/
Shout out to @nasa_eyes by @harbingeralpha during #ona12games. Unity + @nasa datainstagr.am/p/P4vMVCKojm/
— Stephanie L. Smith (@Stephist) September 22, 2012
Dennis Bonilla talks about NASA ‘unity’ ’3D eyes on the solar system’ that lets you explore solar system at your own pace. #onagames#ona12
— Ellen Austin (@EllenAustin) September 22, 2012
‘I want Wolf Blitzer to give the simulation room to me’ Video game tech mature, but news feature use still ‘infant’ #ona12
— Ellen Austin (@EllenAustin) September 22, 2012
So @protodeep sees all sorts of possibilities for news gaming. #ona12Games
— Dan Stamm (@danstamm) September 22, 2012
RT @lclemetson: Game developers can give you systems, but journalists need to add rigor and core strengths for rich news games. #ona12games
— Sandeep Junnarkar (@sandeep_NYC) September 22, 2012
Game developers can give you systems, but journalists need to add rigor and core strengths for rich news games. #ona12games
— lclemetson (@lclemetson) September 22, 2012
Yes. Collaboration can be powerful when you can bring together game developers and journalists to form news games. #ona12 #ona12games
— amy schmitz weiss (@digitalamysw) September 22, 2012
Barrett Fox: game developers can give you deeper interaction in news #ONA12 #ONA12games
— Sandeep Junnarkar (@sandeep_NYC) September 22, 2012
“I come to the journalism world with humility..with a deference to how you do your work.” -@protodeep #ona12games #ona12
— Catherine Cloutier (@cmcloutier) September 22, 2012
Latoya Peterson said Dennis Bonilla leveraged what was already out there to build game. You don’t have to start from scratch.
“How do we build a living environment into a synthetic state?” -Dennis Bonilla
Good morning and welcome to “It’s Not All Fun and Games.” The hashtags for this session are #ONA12Games and #ONA12.
David Johnson, prof, teaches gaming: Journ and games are both based on ‘story’. How do we close gap between journ &games? #onagames#ona12 https://twitter.com/EllenAustin/status/249573464359440384